The Sun. — London, England, 1818-06-04 00:00:00

~ .P., ," .rmielpl nuvATE AND AUTHENTIC CORRESPONDENCE. Continuation, of the Letttr from Paris, in THE Sti of Mon day last. The modern sticklers for TUE LIBERTY OF TUE PRESS re fuse to acknowledge it as an integral part of the Constitu tion. They insist on its 17,..ing.an exclusive, and nut an in clusive privilege, by which those whu can read and write, are, in virtue thereof, entitled to set a whole nation by the firs with impunity, and to attack not only the laws and those who achninistcr them, but Cie ConstittVion itself. Alas poor human nature ! and is this thy boasted proress, since the ages vv:hich thy vanity characterizes as dark ! Fourteen centuries ago, those who could read and write were in like manner enabled to commit crimes with impunity. Tht.y claimed the benefit of the clergy, which arrested the sword of jirstice in its fall. The Hierarchical power is gone by; printing is invented, and all those - who can scribble demand their ancient and un . !oubted privileges, under the sacred banner of tl:e Liberty: of the Press. What a revolution ,in Europe has been created by the invention of printing ! Het'etofore men levet: or hated each other according to their religious creeds, but now the case is widely different; we care little of what religion a man be, or w hettier indeed he Lave any religion at all ; we lack of him by his political principles, and, thauks to printing, and the universality; of education, the meanest Member of Society can now, with impunity, attack the highest, even the Sovereign himself. The wretch, whose conscious meanness prevents him from hooking even the village curate in the face, and who, if ad dressed by a Magistrate, would be so disconcerted as to be orly able to stammer out a few unintelligible expressions, re tirs to his garret, and repairs the wrong ire li,ts done his self-love, in..writing a foul libel, in which very often grammar and common sense are not to be found: he hastens with his crudity to a printer, and soon the' unblushing calumny is spread far and wide, A man unable to conduct his own af fairs pretends to be able to conduct the State, and talks fa hiiliarly of millions, which he could not even count were they placed.befure him, while his wife is racking her brain how to get a dinner for the children. He has, in fact, no other vocation for writing than that of the fellow who lists for a soldier, idle habits, and a detestation of honest labour, stvbich prevent him from following any useful profession. At tack the calumnies of this man, and punish their author, he cries out, the State is ruined ! the Liberty of the Press is at tacked ! and presently every bird of the same feather joins in - the outcry. Let us look at the great sticklers fur this liberty in France.—For example, there is my worthy friend M. ETIUNNE, Ex-Agent of Police to the virtuous SAVARY, Duke of Barton, and a stale poet, who, having no other functions, writes .on politics much in . the same way that his barber would do. There are Messrs. COMTE and DuNovta, but they are under prosecution, and it is one of the first duties of.fruinanity to respect misfortune, without inquiring into its causes; therefore, I shall say nothing of their pretensions. Then there - is the stout and courageous, half Dutch, half French, Mr. SCHI:FFER, who, being unable to gain 501. per annum as copying clerk to an author, turned politician. Fol lowing at his heels, comes ALEXANDER CREVEL, a broken down tradesnian, who bas•at least one virtue, and in that• he excel , must of the others. He says plainly to the Ministers, -" I can; continue to write, or I can leave off; give me a good place in Pails, end I will take my repose." The Government tire willing to ,ceede to part of his terms by giving him a very safe place, the Prison of La Force. I could cite 50 more of those soi-disont Puliti lane , to the whole of *lion) may be artly applied the lines of DHIMEN : Who taught the Parrot human notes to try, And with a voice endowed the chattering Pye ? 'Twas wiTt%kwant, fierce hunger to appease, Want taught their masters, and their masters these. Such, Sir, are the . grcat Reformers of the age in every coun try where the Liberty of the Press is established. Let ihniit, however, be inferred from this that I am inimical to the Li- berty of the Press—the vary reverse ; the 00Iy thing I objec to is its licentiousness, .against which the peace of Europe demands stronger guarantees tha❑ any that it possesses, for to these men is owing that c'ontinual fermentatioß which is the bane of social happiness. Let us look for a moment at Eng- land and her political libellists; there can he but one senti ment respecting them, when even Sir FRANCIS Iluttortv has virtue enough to disown them. Look at their lives ; no man would search there for examples of private virtue, no Chris tian for the elements of religion. It is an observation, confirmed by upwards of twenty years experience, that the enemies of Government are nearly always persons of de- pi - aced habits and lax morals. I linaw• thcrc are examples to the contrary, but they are so raru that they are very easily coanted. In what, then, it may be asked, should the Liberty of th k e Press consist ? This may be difficult to define in Hie course of a letter, but I will state a few points. It ought to consist in a permission to promulgate opinions calculated to increase the moral virtue of a State, in which its moral strength con s ists; to correct the errors into which human na• tore is ever liable to fall; not by the means of sowing dis. content, but by displaying with wisdom and moderation the means to be adopted that shall ensure the increase and the stability r of public happiness. If an abuse exists, to repre• sent it in the quarter where the remedy can be obtained, and not on light grounds inconsiderately praise or condemn any measures whatever. Turning to the case which bas excited .these observations, Messieurs COMTE and DUNoYER have pointed out to the public indignation a 'worthy MagiStrate, simply because his principles are not in ',raison with their own. They have not denounced him to the competent an- thoritics who could hare corrected the abuse, if it really existed. No, from the unworthy motive of putting a few pwinds in their pockets, and of exciting scandal, they have 'denounced hint as a partial Magistrate to all France, and to all Europe. They have taken every - means to spread the poi son far and wide. Thus, then, even supposing the accusa tion correct, these Gentlemen have assumed a prerogative beyond that of the legal tribunals. They have condemned him without proof, and have circulated their judgment as far as their malice could extend ; whereas a tribunal, even after conciction, claims only the right of its sentence in the place where it is given. Ought, then, a private indivi dual to vossess a privilege which we would deny to a tribu nal ? lle condemns his victim without hearing his defence, and imprints on his forehead the stamp of ignominy, without any other proof, and on no - other authority, than an anons)- muus letter. In what such writers are better than assas- sins I cannot discover. The calumniated party appeals from the s . rntence of the libellist to the laws of hiS eou:4try.. Now ma:li the sophistical cunning of the libellists ; they say, prove that we have falsely accused you, whereas the onus probandi clearly rests %vitt) them, but they do not pause here; they add, if you are wronged, cvrne and prosecute us at Paris, wh t re we I:ve, and where we wrote the if it be one.— This day our venerable SOVEREIGN completes the eightieth year of that life, which, from the commencement of his reign, has been devoted to the happiness of his subjects and the interest and honour of the Empire. He has been a munificent Patron of the Arts, and of every Institution cal culated to promote the improvement of mankind and the embellishment of society. His private character has been marked by piety, and a strict regard to all moral and relative duties. Ile may be justly atiled the FATHER OF HIS PEOPLE, for he has always watched over their interests With pa ternal attention. Of his intellectual powers and attainments, JOHNSON and BEATTIE have kiiiEn the most satisfactory evidence, and the record of his virtues, as a VISE and rATatoTic MONARCH, will be found in the imperishable page of im partial ElisToEY. We received last night the Palls Papers of Sun day last, and this Morning those of Monday. , The Mcniteur of Sunday contains an official notice from the Ministry of Finance, stating, that the French 'Subscribers have not only absorbed, but have in their offers much exceeded the amount of the purchase of the 14,600,000 francs of Rentes, taken credit for in the Budget of the year, and regret is therefore expressed that foreign Sub scribers cannot be admitted. The price at which the Rentes percents.)-are taken is fixed at 66f. 50c. The market price on Saturday was 69f. sc. The immediate profit therefore was 2f. 55c. The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at Paris on Saturday evening, and attended a ball given by the Spanish Ambassador. The Allied Sovereigns are, it is stated, expected at Aix-la-Chapelle about the end of the summer. The Court of Cassation have rejected the Ap peal of the persons condemned for the assassina tion of M. FUALDBS. The Court of Assizes of Caen have sentenced a child of ten years of age to twenty years' impri sonment, for haying set fire to two farms. Several persons Were killed at St. Jean (l'Angely on the 25th ult. by the explosion of a powder will, and all the houses in the town were more or css damaged. The same paragraph respecting the reported dangerous illness of the Princess of \VALeS, which has appeared in several of the Foreign Journals, and which we gave, a few 'days since, is published in the Moniteur of Monday. The Emperor and Empress of AUSTRIA arrived at Spalatro on the 12th ult. The Emperor of RUSSIA was on his way to Bessarabia. The authors 'of the disturbances in Underwald are stated, in a Zurich article, to have a great nurnber of partisans in that Canton. The rf iIICCSS ADELAIDE of ,Meiningen, the destined Consort of the Duke of CLART:NCE, is, it is said, to set out in the course of the present month for England, accompanied by the Duchess her mother. The DuChess (PANGOULEME had left Paris for Vichy, where she was expected :to`-arrive . yeStei day. The Grand Duke MICHAEL of Russia was, en the 28th nit. at the Chateau of Soesdyck, in the Nethe'lands, with the Prince and Princess of Orange. The accounts from Petersburgh speak of a num her of tremendous storms which have done Brea damage in Russia, and of a frequent alternation o heat, 'and frost, and snow, very unsual in that Empire. The towns and rural Communes in Bavaria, have, by a Royal Ordonnance, been restored in a great measure to their ancient rights, they being again allowed to chose their.own Burgomasters and other Magistrates, and to manage their owrn• Police. This decree is said to be the precursor of the new Constitution for Bavaria, which was to be published on the 28th ult. A person at Paris having advertised an experi ment with a gigantic balloon to take place on Sa turday last, at the Jardin. de Luxemburg, a great crowd of people assembled, but after waiting till five o'clock i❑ the afternoon, it was found that the balloon was only a tenth part filled, and that to inflate it sufficiently would require till next Sunday. The people, - not being disposed!to wait eight days without any dinner, began to stew symptoms of violence ; and the Police, to prevent disturbance, arrested the aeronaut, a Sieur MANIcLER, and abandoned the balloon to the mercy of the disappointed payers of admission money, who soon demolished it.— The money was taken possession of by the Police, and appropriated to the benefit of the distressed performers of the late Theatre de l'Odeon, to whose advantage it was, according to the ori- ginal advcrtisment, to be applied. The pike of bread, at Paris, was on Saturday fixed at 70 cents. (7d.) for the loaf of 41b. of the first quality, and 50 cents. (5A.) for a similar loaf of the second quality. DEFERRED STOCK. Saturday SI E. G 5 c. The• last accounts from Calcutta confirm those previously received, ..and give a deplorable re presentation of the mortality occasioned by , sicaness among the Natives, the deaths amount ing, according to some reports, to the number of 70,000. This may be an exaggerated statement, but the loss was certainly considerable. Very few Europeans suffered by this disorder, which was deemed Cholera Morbus. From the same quarter we learn, that the Free-traders have been very touch disappointed, as British goods are said to be as cheap in India as in this Country, insomuch that it was very difficult for any Cap tain, witb the best interest, to obtain a re turn cargo. Ale and Beer, which used to' be in great request, were so,little desired, or rather were so touch on hand,lberemlready, that three ships laden with, them had their casks emptied into the Rivers, in order to sell their staves, which were worth more than all their previous contents. Extract from the New York. Gazette of 25th April. " Arrived the schooner Evening Post, TILGOU, 50 days from Prince's Island. A Spanish Guinea man had been on the coast, and plundered the London ship Diana, LAWSON, and was afterwards taken by the British sloop of war Cherub, at Prince's Island." The East India Company's ship Atlas arrived off the Start the Ist instant ; she sailed from China the 27th January, and from St. Helena the sth April. The Atlas left the General Xyd in China, and spoke the Canning and Cotais, outward bound, off the Southend of Madagascar on the 10th March, all well. The Carnalic arrived off the Owers yesterday ; she left Saugor the lith January, the Cape the 13th March, and St. Helena the 4th April. The private ship Sir Stephen Lushington is arrived off NVeymouth, from Bengal, whence she is reported to have sailed the 2d January, from Madras the 11th January, and from the Cape the 21st March. WESTMINSTER MEETING.—•This day a Meeting of some of the Electors of Westminster took place at Twelve o'clock, at the Crown and Anchor Ta vern, Strand, in consequence of Lord COCHRANE having signified his intention of retiring, for the purpose of, receiving his Lordship's Declara tion ; and also to consider of two fit mid pro per persons to represent their City. At one o'clock Mr. STURCH took the Chair.—Lord CocuRANE was beginning to address the Meeting when our account came away. Hu NT was present, attended by the elder WATSON, PRESTON, young DUGDALE, and others. NIEMENTOS FOR ELECTORS, BEFORE THEY ENGAGE THEIR VOT'ES: • REMEMBER,. l,l, 1 fl aw That you belong to a Cpuritty til! e11-7 ' ' modern times, for Wealtli - l ' o weil.Prosß. eri, , \ ', Glory. MEMBER, f That, being one of its Natural Guar(lo9' are bound, as far as you a rc able, to transmit in the same state to posterity. IiBMEMBER, state That it has been raised to this high s' a ' 101 h c the Constitution ‘ T hich it now has, a nd c was settled at the glorious Revolution in 9166 REMEMBER, ,ft , That in this short period, it has twice delve be ... Europe from oppression; has at all ari l ' s e the refuge, and very lately the oily refuge' °0 oppressed. ' . REMEMBER, • s reli; That this Constitutiott is a limited gqn-_,b found by the experience of the world 'lO Freest of all Constitutions. e 11 0° That this Constitution - vests the P 5 c lc° i'owers of Government i n th e Ki ng , With 6.1 REMEMBER, checks to prevent the abuse of those pore REMEMBER, ,0 1 That whatever alteratio ns , under pre ffOC 9 tale OS ° j Reform, or otherwise, t en d to t h ro w live Power, or the controul of it, i.nt° hands, threaten to destroy the Constituti°°' REMEMBER . , 1 # 1 11 That to destroy the Constit u ti o n, svbi ca ' to : Providence, has made us wh a t we are, is stroy ourselves. REMEMBER, tll. f That those men who boast the loudest ° honesty are not often the most honest• REMEMBER, lastly, ap e x, That liberal Education, respectable „, ons, independent circumstances, and cle racter, are pledges of honesty which coo t%to al 'ail, and are better than all professions• SHIP NEWS. WEYMOUTH, JUNE I.—Yesterday e gse 4 u o ild this port the V ans itt ar t E as t I n dianian : 1 - IV from China 4th January, i n com pany Iwit „ j el° s Hon. Company's ship Herefords . hire; 211 "/9 11$ St. Helena 24th March ; sailed from 040°4(0 March. The Hon. Company's ships 131:idg e'c iille' Lowther Castle, Carnatic, and Thomas G re were to sail from St. Helena about 4 day s ° Passengers per Vansittart—Lieut.-Colonel Chelpc,' Majesty's 47th Regiment; Geo. C. Campbell, n o Mr. STEwaar, the Purser, proceede d 11.'000' Crown Hold with Dispatches : —Froto s ( ' for the Hon. Court of Directors r" if°111 f 1311 Helena, for the Earl Of BATHURST, on e 0 / i' 4° Majesty's Principal Secretaries of St ate• f particular news. _ oftl DEAL, JUNE 3.—Arrived last eveni n g e ' b itiO post, the Bridgewater, HuGHes, fro' Lowther Castle, MORTLOCK, from dit to l ; te E o c cess Charlotte of Wales, from ditto; Luxe, from Batavia :—the w h o l e h a ve the River this morning, except the S lie jol l ' which ship is bound to Holland. T ile orple Company's ship Princess Charlotte °I h . joe Captain GRIBBLE, is in deep mourniog';:fice si tribute of respect to the memory o f the CHARLOTTE, after whom this ship W as li f e , Sailed the Royal Sovereign yacht for O lt ''' . 04 41 Five o'clock.—Arrived the Hon. C°glP • ship Vansittart, DALRYMPLE, from CO O ' °ll 01 FALMOUTH, JUNE I.—Arrived the .14 1 ! CUMMINGS, from Charleston. t i n iestY PLYMOUTH, JUNE 2.—Arrived "4.'""" (10 ships , Ramilics and Northumberland, 11.0 7 Oit Eastward. r —Passed up Channel, the'Outc.)6. African, MANNING, from the Coast of ffic Amsterdam, THE PRINCE REGENT'S G 'Die PRINCE REGENT hod a GRArNaDnd Ass-„ffirbott"ig Carlton-house on Tuesday night, in b° ° ,, ° ;o l / 0 ,, , t r uyriage of the Duke and Duchess of e exterior of the building was illuminati" i'ortii/; the interior was decorated with sPlendi(b. tore, and refreshed with fragrant plAnts,--arorrl:i expressly from Kew. The company begat' set (KO: a quarter before 10, and continued t°, 6 . 11 near ;2. Notwithstanding the rap"' st ( l l 7 slot) of carriages, only one a ccid ent occurrelird that to the Marchioness Cornwa llis, wh ° fe ic l e Ct the steps of her carriage, owing to all 111 1 1e— braf ie motion of her horses. She was severe'/F on her side,, and was taken tip in a stat e o n : l e a ? , sibility by the Marquis and others. attendants used all.possible means for her .09 TIIC PRINCE REGENT rode out in a erday for three hours. NOW, sivis tlie iojniaai pavty,A live at Rennes, tic spot where.' no accuse me of injustice; it is there that the proofs of my innocence or my guilt are to he found, and it is there that your libel has dishonoured me, and there fore it is there that the matter ought to he tried. This is so plain, that none but the libellists themselves would think of objecting to it. A man comits assassination with a pinto', are we to look at it fur {fie ntune of tht umber, and try the culprit in the town where the offen- sire weapon was made—certainly not. The perpetrator of the crime and the instrument are identified with each other, and wherever the blow tools effect, there ought the culprit to be tried. I recollect a case in which this principle was acted on in England :—Judge JonNsTos E, residing in Dub lin, w•;,s charged with a libel against Lord HAttnWmun, for which an indictment was found against him in London, and he was accordingly brought from Dublin to be tried. He stated, as Messrs. Coau' and DUNOYER do, that he ought to have been tried at Dublin, where be resided ; but this was over-ruled in Court, and it was decided that a printed libel was a missile weapon, and the locality of the offence was where it tools effect, not where it was thrown ,from. The French Law acts upon the same, principle, and Messrs. C. and D. having refused to obey the summons of the Court of Rennes to appear before it, a warrant has been issued, the execution of which upon them they exclaim against with great violence. They are Ulu, SwiF•r's Yahoos— they sit on the top of a tree, and, squirt their filth around on all mankind; but if-you attempt to pull them off their seats, the}• cry out the State is undone. TO CORRESPONDENTS. • We have received two more Letters from Paris, which: we shall endeavour to insert. To-morrow.. Many Favours are unavoidably postponed. TIitATRICAL REGISTF,R. Performed Last Night. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURy - LANs.—ltilde . and Yaricn : Mr. Pyue; Yarico, Miss Kelly. After which, The Three and the Deuce. To which was added, Wanted a Governess. INF:ATP ROYAL, COVENT-GA IMEN.—NI Lich Ado About No thing : Deuedich, Mr. C. Kemble ; Beat rice, Mrs. C. Kern bk. After which, Personation. To which was added, The Forest of Bondy. az:~rL~. ARRIVED--1 Dublin, '2 Waterford, 1 France. lluE-1 Gotteuburgb, 1 Llsbun, 1 Haniburgh. KING'S Butni-DAy.—lloliday at all the Public Offices. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO•MORROW. Morning, '2l .tninutes after 3. I Evening, 46 minutes after 3• THE • SUN. SOLENI QUIS DICERS FALSUM AUDIAT LONDON, TEI JUNE 4, 1818. •